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		<title>Wall Street quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/19/wall-street-quote-of-the-day-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 10:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I hear the whistle blowin, it plays a happy tune The conductor is calling &#8220;all aboard&#8221;, we&#8217;ll be leavin soon With champagne and shrimp cocktails and that&#8217;s not all you&#8217;ll find There&#8217;s a billion dollar bonus and no banker &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/08/19/wall-street-quote-of-the-day-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stay classy GOP</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/19/stay-classy-gop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Republican Leadership Conference yesterday.  The impersonator was eventually pulled off the stage.]]></description>
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		<title>Election technology in 1960</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/09/election-technology-in-1960/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this video from NBC&#8217;s election night coverage in 1960 and its description of the computer being used: the RCA 501 computer. Surely you remember that.]]></description>
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		<title>Election take-away</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/06/election-take-away/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/11/06/election-take-away/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Nov 2010 21:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<title>Glenn Beck and A Face in the Crowd</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/10/17/glenn-beck-and-a-face-in-the-crowd/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/10/17/glenn-beck-and-a-face-in-the-crowd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 23:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=9801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I watched the 1957 classic film, A Face in the Crowd. The story is of a character called &#8220;Lonesome&#8221; Rhodes, who becomes popular on radio and TV and becomes a tool of extreme conservative forces in the United States. &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/10/17/glenn-beck-and-a-face-in-the-crowd/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/10/11/political-quote-of-the-day-52/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/10/11/political-quote-of-the-day-52/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 22:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have no reservations whatsoever about gays, except for marriage. &#8211; Carl Paladino, GOP candidate for governor of the State of New York. Oh, since you put it that way, it is ok then.]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m you</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/10/11/im-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best of all the Christine O&#8217;Donnell parody ads. (via Wonkette)]]></description>
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		<title>Colbert&#8217;s testimony</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/24/colberts-testimony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning Stephen Colbert testified before Congress on behalf of the United Farm Workers Union. Here is his opening statement: Related articles Stephen Colbert Takes On Congress, Ironically Argues For Farm Workers (abcnews.go.com) Comedian speaks to Congress panel (bbc.co.uk)]]></description>
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		<title>Political quote of the day (update)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/24/political-quote-of-the-day-51/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/24/political-quote-of-the-day-51/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fresno looks like Detroit. It&#8217;s awful. &#8211; Meg Whitman, GOP candidate for governor of California. Related articles Meg Whitman Slammed By Detroit Mayor For &#8216;Awful&#8217; Comment (huffingtonpost.com) Whitman compares economy in Fresno to Detroit (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Whitman compares economy in Fresno &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/24/political-quote-of-the-day-51/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political quote of the day 3</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/10/political-quote-of-the-day-3-2/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/10/political-quote-of-the-day-3-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over Anchorage, AK. Looking everywhere but can&#8217;t see Russia from here. Will keep you updated as search continues. http://twitpic.com/2mvxod &#8211; CA Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, during a tour of Alaska, tweaking Sarah Palin on Twitter. Check responses on her behalf here. &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/10/political-quote-of-the-day-3-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vanity Fair on Sarah Palin</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/03/vanity-fair-on-sarah-palin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vanity Fair has a lengthy profile of Sarah Palin.  It is a great read. It outlines her volatile temper and dubious financing activities. It does rely extensively on anonymous sources, but the stories all hang together in a way that &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/09/03/vanity-fair-on-sarah-palin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/26/political-quote-of-the-day-39/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/07/26/political-quote-of-the-day-39/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:50:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will you tell those dumbasses at the Tea Party to stop asking questions about birth certificates while I&#8217;m on the camera? &#8211; Ken Buck, Republican candidate for the United States Senate from Colorado, on the birthers.]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;war on drugs&#8221;: epic fail</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/06/30/the-war-on-drugs-epic-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/06/30/the-war-on-drugs-epic-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a nutshell, a complete (and supremely expensive) failure. Alcohol prohibition didn&#8217;t work. And chemical prohibition won&#8217;t either. Legalize now. (via Andrew Sullivan)]]></description>
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		<title>LBJ could not tolerate tight slacks</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/04/02/lbj-could-not-tolerate-tight-slacks/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/04/02/lbj-could-not-tolerate-tight-slacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank God for the White House recording system that LBJ used. Otherwise, critical information like this would not be available. I don&#8217;t think I have ever heard a President use the word &#8220;bunghole&#8221; before. (via Wonkette)]]></description>
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		<title>Republicans are crazy</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/03/24/republicans-are-crazy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those who remember, there was a poll commissioned by blog Daily Kos a while ago that showed many in the Republican Party where insane.  Fox News and conservative commentators attacked the poll as purposefully inaccurate.  Well there is a &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/03/24/republicans-are-crazy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>C-SPAN video library now live</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/03/20/c-span-video-library-now-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:32:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good news for political (and book) junkies. C-SPAN has placed its entire video library online. I mention books, because the archive also includes the Book TV shows.]]></description>
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		<title>It is census time, have fun&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/03/19/it-is-census-time-have-fun/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/03/19/it-is-census-time-have-fun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<title>Economics quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/24/economics-quote-of-the-day-4/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/24/economics-quote-of-the-day-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m seeing a series of ideas suggested involving major government intervention in the housing market, and these things are usually presented or sold as a way of helping homeowners stay in their homes. Then, when you look at them more &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/02/24/economics-quote-of-the-day-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Middle of the road Democrats</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/01/26/middle-of-the-road-democrats/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/01/26/middle-of-the-road-democrats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have never understood why every &#8220;middle&#8221; of the road Democrat isn&#8217;t so much a moderate but just seems to switch sides on issues to get re-elected or to get attention.  Republican moderates always seem to have some sort of &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/01/26/middle-of-the-road-democrats/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cindy McCain supports same-sex marriage</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2010/01/21/cindy-mccain-supports-same-sex-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2010/01/21/cindy-mccain-supports-same-sex-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cindy McCain, wife of Senator and former presidential candidate John McCain has made a big splash and come out in strong support of the right of same-sex marriage and against California&#8217;s Proposition 8. Good for her. If more Republicans actually &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2010/01/21/cindy-mccain-supports-same-sex-marriage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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